# Kibana 7.0 node binary location

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-0-node-binary-location/180793>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 13, 2019, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-0-node-binary-location/180793 "2019-05-13T11:07:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![chingis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chingis/32/69906_2.png) [@chingis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chingis)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-0-node-binary-location/180793/1 "2019-05-13T11:07:05Z")

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I've noticed that in version 7.0 the kibana script no longer supports node binary from a custom location. In version 6.7 it was

`test -x "$NODE" || NODE=$(which node)`

and now it's just

`test -x "$NODE"`

Is there a specific reason behind that?

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-0-node-binary-location/180793/2 "2019-05-13T15:32:01Z")

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Yes, we test Kibana with a specific Node version which we ship with the app. Is there a reason you would like to use a custom Node binary?

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**Author:** ![chingis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chingis/32/69906_2.png) [@chingis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chingis)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-0-node-binary-location/180793/3 "2019-05-13T15:53:01Z")

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yes, I maintain an alpine-based kibana image, I use official node image as the base image with node binary located under /usr/local/bin/. I imagine this can also happen in other environments where node manually preinstalled.

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-0-node-binary-location/180793/4 "2019-05-13T19:05:57Z")

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The Kibana build includes Node, so there is no reason have it installed on the system.

Is this preventing something from functioning? I am not sure I understand what the problem is.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-0-node-binary-location/180793/5 "2019-06-10T19:06:05Z")

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